Assessment of myelination in hypomyelinating disorders by quantitative MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1329-1338

  Dreha Kulaczewski, Steffi F ^a   Brockmann, Knut ^a   Henneke, Marco ^a   Dechent, Peter ^a   Wilken, Bernd ^b   Gärtner, Jutta ^a   Helms, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

childhood; diffusion tensor imaging; hypomyelination; leukoencephalopathy; magnetization transfer imaging; quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869416781     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23774     Document Type: Article

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